University of Bergen

Telephone: +47 (0)55 580 000
Fax: +47 (0)55 589 643
www: http://www.uib.no

The University of Bergen is Norway's International University. Every year it welcomes large numbers of foreign students and researchers from all over the world.

In addition research and education in the traditional university disciplines, the academic profile of the University of Bergen has two major focuses: marine research and co-operation with developing countries.

Marine Research
The University of Bergen is a northern cornerstone of European marine science. Situated at the shores of the Atlantic Ocean the university is ideally placed to conduct studies into various aspects of marine research.

The university has also developed many multi-disciplinary approaches to marine research that include the involvement of scientists from the humanities, medicine and social sciences.
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International co-operation:
In addition to extensive international collaborations in marine research, the University of Bergen gives high priority to collaboration with universities in developing countries in fields such as health, poverty, and resource management.

The overall aim is to initiate, facilitate and conduct relevant research, to encourage local competence building and to support the development of research facilities in these countries.
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Students from developing countries are also offered master-level and doctoral training at the University of Bergen.

• Masters degrees at UiB
  
• Doctoral level degrees at UiB
  
• Marie Curie Training Sites at UiB